Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') in Elasticsearch Leading to Information Disclosure (Elastic Elasticsearch)

CVE-2026-78605
MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.34 % · percentile 27 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
elastic
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests ('HTTP Request Smuggling') (CWE-444) in Elasticsearch can lead to information disclosure via HTTP Request Smuggling (CAPEC-33). Under specific proxy deployment configurations, a network attacker could obtain confidential responses intended for other authenticated users.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-444 — Inconsistent Interpretation of HTTP Requests

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nelastic
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NNVD · security@elastic.co (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Elastic · Elasticsearchaffected 8.18.0 ≤ 8.19.19 ; affected 9.0.0 ≤ 9.4.4 ; affected 9.5.0

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD